Recent evidence suggests that the musical rhythm of a particular culture may parallel the
speech rhythm of that culture's language (Patel, AD, & Daniele, JR (2003). An empirical …

The normalized pairwise variability index (nPVI) is a measure originally used to compare the
rhythms of languages. introduced the nPVI to music research and it has since been used in …

Research has used the normalized pairwise variability index (nPVI) to examine relationships
between musical rhythm and durational contrast in composers' native languages. Applying …

There is evidence that an emerging variety of English spoken by young Londoners—
Multicultural London English (MLE)—has a more even syllable rhythm than Southern British …

In this paper, we propose a lyrics writing support system focused on the number of syllables,
rhyme and word accent. The system generates candidate sentences that satisfy user …

I. INTRODUCTION he normalized pairwise variability index (nPVI) is a measure of the
average variation (contrast) of a set of distances (durations) that are obtained from …

Human beings are remarkably inventive, possessing the ability to solve problems and to
create novel things. This chapter is about one early form of inventiveness that has long …

This paper tests two hypotheses:(1) the normalized Pairwise Variability Index (nPVI) values
computed on the basis of recorded performances may be higher than the nPVI values …

Recently, researchers have investigated the influence of composers' native speech prosody
on the variability of rhythmic patterns found in their music. The normalized pairwise …

Instrumental and vocal compositions agree with the mother tongue rhythm of the composer,
proving that the same rhythmic categorization operates on both linguistic and music levels …